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Legend has it that the merrow is the male analogue to a mermaid. In general he is presented as a monster with the head of a predatory fish and looks very deterrent. Therefore I had the idea of altering that image, just leaving little hints to the original form like a battlesome dorsal spine or a crown of horns. So it´s a rather nice merman, don´t you think?

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I know this is an old drawing, but I think you should at least credit artist Alan Lee for using his artwork as a base for your art.
The artwork I speak of is here: http://www.dana-mad.ru/gal/images/Alan%20Lee/Faeries/alan%20lee_faeries_merrow.jpg from the 25th Anniversary Edition FAERIES book, copyright 2002.

Hello, Marley, thanks very much for your kind comment! ^_^ I´m glad you like that picture although it´s not your really preferred profession (hope you understand my poor English *drop*).
Yes, I admit I´m a tonal value fan and sometimes even exaggerate with coatings (yes there exist pics of mine with a couple of layers, even with coloured pencil).

Hello, James! Thank you very much for your friendly comment concerning my picture (oh, and kindly excuse my poor English, it´s some time ago I used English terms ^_^)
I really am a Norse Mythology Fan and "Fenris" is my "stage name" I sign all pictures drawn by my hand with.

oow,i thought i left a comment 1/2 an hour ago ;(.sometimes messages don't post.anyways,i was impressed by the tonal values you have here.I am not a fan of this sort of character driven art.But i do like this art